Counterattack at Carentan ETO (id:#61140)
Carentan, France 1944-06-13 ()
Designer: Brian Youse
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Balance:
German (SS)American
52.941176470588%

Overview:

Airborne troops had broken the German resistance at Carentan during the fighting on the 10th and 11th for the causeway into the city. Another attack on June 12th met only rearguard resistance, and Carentan was finally captured. The 506th advanced southwest of the city and dug in for the night. The next morning, Colonel Sink had the regiment attack westward, and to the surprise of the troops they met counterattacking armor and infantry elements of SS Panzergrenadier-Division 17 supporting their old nemesis, Fallschirmjager-Regiment 6.
Attacker: German (SS) (SS Panzergrenadier-Division 17, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6)
Defender: American (506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, A Battery, AA/AT Battalion, 101st Airborne Division)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:9.0 D:6.0
AFVs: A:4
StuG IIIG x 2
StuH 42
Marder III(t)M

D:0
Guns: A:0 D:1
M1 57mm AT Gun

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
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Map Board(s): 54 63
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Last Played:
DateReporterOpponentResultComments
2020-03-01(A) patrick palma vs John Garlic German (SS) win
2019-06-09(A) Jonathan Kapleau vs Tyler, Randy German (SS) win
2019-04-27(D) Andy Goldin vs David Ready German (SS) winMy Americans managed to hold off the attacking Germans for a few turns until casualties began to mount. David's Germans then got a penetration on the American right flank by moving through the woods and successfully made for the exit. Highlights -- or lowlights -- were my 8-1 going berserk and convincing his squad to charge a nearby Stug and accompanying infantry. As you can imagine, that didn't end well. Oh, and then there's my AT gun which fired at an approaching Stug, missed, then intensive fired and... malf'd the gun. They didn't get a chance to repair it, since the Stug got a "K" result on it's overrun. I had a few 'snake eyes" but didn't have the good dice when I needed them. David played aggressively, took chances, and won. Depending on where the defender sets up the ATG, a German attack on the woods using the Marder to make a trail break seems to be the way to go.
2019-01-19(D) Michael Focht vs James Thompson American win
2018-11-04(D) Allen Evenson vs Bill Slunt German (SS) winWest Coast Rumble Round 4: I setup my defense mostly in the middle thinking it was tough for the AFVs to go through the woods. Bill masked his forces on that side and I had to shift over. Th AT gun did take out one AFV but it the other 3 were able to sprint off after breaking gun crew by turn 4. I then had to try to get 13 more CVP in the two turns so attacked remaining German infantry. It Didn't happen.
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Estimated Play time: 3.1 hours
Recorded Games: 27
Archive recorded plays:
German (SS)18
American8
Drawn:0

ROAR Data: (as of Nov 2019)
Counterattack at Carentan [Confirmed]
[A] American 63
[D] German 64
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